Three Fated Hearts by LNC

~Landon~

“Portia…..Portia Colby.” She sighs and looks down at her ankle, inspecting the damage.

“Tia.”

“What?”

“I said, it’s Tia.” She sighs again and tries to get up. I quickly move to her side, grabbing her hand. She pulls away at first but then places her hand in mine, and the sparks fly. My body shivers at the contact, and I have to take a deep breath to stay focused. I place my other hand on her elbow and help her off of the ground. She leans into me, trying to keep pressure off of her ankle. I know it will heal pretty soon, but it looks kind of bad right now.

“Why ‘Tia’?” She turns her head to me and raises an eyebrow.

“Huh?”

“Why do you go by Tia?” She chuckles a bit, but there is no humor in her voice.

“Do you know what the name Portia means?” I shake my head. Truth be told, I never really thought about what people’s names mean. “It means, well, in many circles, it means pig or hog. Shakespeare meant it in a different way, but that wasn’t the intended meaning when the name was given to me.” Now I wonder how the hell she knows all of that. “And how do I know that, you wonder? My father told me so. He named me Portia specifically because of it’s meaning. So I go by Tia.” Damn, that’s just f**ked up. Why would a parent do that to a child, and why tell them that they did that?

going on? Everyone is confused and waiting for you two. Both of us? I look around, but Lincoln is nowhere to be

mate. Please postpone things for us. I will

no more. Take your time, and we

you were talking to?” I look down

a brown/blonde color. The coloring suits her skin tone very well. She is about 5’7 with a body to die for. She has a nice round a*s and a big-sized chest, though not too big. Everything looks well proportioned with her toned body. You can tell that she still works out

I quickly

a bit of a blush appear on her cheeks. She looks away and timidly wraps her arms around my neck. I take a deep breath, trying to savor her scent without

brother? I assume I’m

not sure where he is, but I’d imagine he’ll be along at some point.” We continue

~Lincoln~

if I shift, I will end up right where I don’t want to

and let my feet breathe. Running in dress shoes wasn’t the smartest idea, but it’s too late now. I sit close to the lake’s edge and place my head on my knees. What am I going to do? If I accept Portia as my mate, that means that my

have always had a bit of a crush on Portia, I just never told anyone, not even my brother. She is gorgeous and such a fierce fighter. I would say she may be better than her sisters. Where

look out over the lake, I hear a twig snap behind me. I pretend that I don’t hear anything and wait a bit. Sure enough, the scent of the person hits me, informing me of exactly

tell us what’s going on, just that the ceremony is postponed.” The intruder sits next to me and places a hand on my arm. In the past, this would please me, this personal contact. Today, it just feels so wrong. It feels as if I’m cheating on my mate. I sigh and turn to Aida. I take in her

that something came up and we have to deal with

could have possible come up just as you were about to be sworn in as Alpha?” I close my eyes. I know this will keep going until the truth is out. Aida has never been known to let things be. Then if she gets information

now.” I open my eyes and see the tears start to form in her eyes. She is always emotional though I

pack, are we not?” Ah, Adela. I should have known that she wasn’t far behind. Wherever one is, the other is close by. I put my head back down to rest on my knees. I didn’t come out here to

Aida softly kisses the top of my earlobe, which pisses Brutus off. He wants to rip her tongue out for touching me with it.

I run my

RIGHT?!” Always straight to the point, that Adela. What am I supposed to say? I can’t tell them yes because I know for a fact that Landon will not be rejecting her. I can’t tell them no because that